Hundreds of baskets have been stolen from Pak'nSave Palmerston North - and it appears some thieves are making their getaways on mobility scooters.

A 54-year-old woman has been attacked from behind, dragged and had cash taken from her bag during an early morning walk to a Whangarei

Fire crews are currently at the scene of a large house fire in Rotorua.

1. What day and time were you first told that a test of the water was positive and what action did you take? On Friday at 2.30pm

Friends, family, colleagues, colleagues' family members - nosy nurse looked at their medical notes.

Mark James Lang was an engineer and used his skills and knowledge to construct one of the biggest clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in the country.

A logging truck driver will go through "intensive training" before he returns to the road after a truck rollover in Northland, says

A mentor for troubled young Maori in Whangarei "blotted his copybook" by being involved in a night-time punch-up with the occupants

Northland is getting its first fixed speed camera. This month, a camera will be installed on State Highway 1, just south of Kaiwaka

Cafes and restaurants in Havelock North are also feeling the effects of the gastro bug with tables and chairs sitting empty.

The board chairman of a Northland school which lost several buildings in a fire says it is "awesome" knowing the school will be getting

Napier MP Stuart Nash called yesterday for bottled water companies to "step up and provide a couple of truckloads of water to the

A shabby ute is being used to protest suburban snobbery just north of Wellington.

A woman who fell from a horse was picked up by the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter and airlifted to hospital today.

Leanne Prichard and her daughter, 16-year-old Bella, can't wait to start their new life in New Zealand in the perfect girls' pad - House 1 from The Block.

An employee sustained serious burns to his calves and arm when the adhesive he was using caught fire.

Public transport fares will now be calculated by the number of the city's 13 zones someone travels through, rather than how many trips they take.

An elderly man has been picked up by rescue helicopter after he severely injured himself when his quad bike rolled.

Hundreds sick from town's contaminated water supply

Mayoral candidate Phil Goff has launched a bold plan to plant a million trees and shrubs in Auckland.

Think you have bad neighbours? This woman got an anonymous note about out two 'shabby' cars in her driveway.

There are 17 people in the running for the Auckland Council's top job.

It is understood that he was caught in a potato harvesting machine while working on a property in Barber Rd, Moutoa, just north of Shannon.

They say karma comes in many forms - and for some brazen Wellington car thieves, it was the pungent smell of a stoat's backside.

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.

It looks like a winter wonderland - unless you're a farmer who has lost stock and fences, say Hawke's Bay locals struggling after the area's worst snow storm in more than half a century.

A meeting to make final decisions on a new blueprint for Auckland took a major twist this morning when members of the Maori Statutory Board opted out of the process.

Maori pop phenomenon Poi E is sung with gusto and abiding love at the close of the Patea Maori Club night every Monday night. For

The acclaimed and well-documented Hawke's Bay bach First Light is on the market. Named after New Zealand being the first country

Part of a one-lane bridge gave way as a truck carrying a trailer tried to cross it in Whangarei. The Brownlee General Carriers and